Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

by Tony Schwartz, Jim Loehr

A Soundview Featured Book ReviewAs its subtitle suggests, the key to getting the most out of your performance is how you manage energy, not time. The authors discuss the four key sources of energy and provide a scientific approach to create energy management rituals that are specific to the results you need. The book is based on methods that were used by a number of professional athletes.

The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others

by David Kord Murray

A Soundview Featured Book ReviewDavid Kord Murray proposes that the best way to come up with the next great new idea is to borrow from the best of what already exists. He provides examples from a variety of industries to demonstrate that innovation is an evolutionary process. Murray also includes information about his own pathway to creating success.

How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything

by Daniel Goleman

The bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Primal Leadership now brings us Ecological Intelligence – revealing the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and how with that knowledge we can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet.

Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

by Mark Goulston

Veteran psychiatrist and business coach Mark Goulston reveals the secret to how to get through to anyone, even when productive communication seems impossible. With this powerful and engaging book, you learn how to: get the attention of a total stranger who you need to know; talk an angry person from an irrational state to receptivity; use the “magic paradox”; and master the critical art of buy-in.

How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations

by Barry Z. Posner, James Kouzes

The most trusted source on becoming a better leader – The Leadership Challenge – has been thoroughly updated and revised for a new generation of leaders living and working in a global environment. Building on the knowledge base of the previous books, this fourth edition of the classic is grounded in research and presents extensive interviews with a diverse group of leaders at all levels in a wide variety of organizations around the world. The authors emphasize that the fundamentals of..

Employee Recognition That Works

by Cindy Ventrice

Make Their Day! zeroes in on what you — the manager, supervisor or team leader — can do to truly make your employees feel valued. It lays out proven recognition tactics that will provide a genuine, lasting boost for your business. Author Cindy Ventrice also demonstrates that integrating the intangible rewards people crave — praise, thanks, opportunity and respect — into the daily routine is far more effective than typical recognition awards, events, perks and pri

Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Every day, we make decisions. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. Nudge invites us to explore how we make those decisions and how we can be led to make better ones. Drawing on decades of cutting-edge behavioral science research, Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein offer an insightful new perspective on how to improve the decisions we make in everything we do. They demonstrate how thoughtful, choice architecture can be established to nudge us in beneficial directions. Nudge

Adventures in a New World

by Alan Greenspan

A Soundview Featured Book ReviewAfter serving 18.5 years as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan has set pen to paper to bring his fascinating life story to millions of readers. Starting The Age of Turbulence with the tale of his personal life he then moves on to discuss the nature of the past, present and future economy, with the final chapter focused on a forecast for the year 2030.

Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

by G Richard Shell, Mario Moussa

According to Shell and Moussa, “Woo” is the ability to win people over to your ideas without coercion, using relationship-based emotionally intelligent persuasion. It’s the secret of success with colleagues, clients and customers. The Art of Woo shows readers how this ability can strengthen their persuasion skills in every aspect of their lives by using the four-step Woo process — a repeatable strategy that translates ideas into reality.